Here it comes. The subtle that will at some point become overt. You have to ask yourself why Raines was chosen for the ad instead of a much juicier (and white) target. Kinda makes you go “hmmm”:

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I sure am glad our wingnut friends have their secret decoder rings and their super special certificates of anti-racism. I’m sure they’ll take issue with the subtle racial overtones of this ad (two black men and a poor defenseless old white woman) given their recent certified anti-racist status.

Just got a call from 330-752-1253. Caller ID was “Ohio Call”. Answered and nobody was there. Hung up. Odd. Googled it. Found out they do this alot. Apparently the organization is “The American Veterans Relief Foundation” and they’re not one of the better ones:

One of the larger charities mentioned by the American Institute of Philantrophy report was The American Veterans Relief Foundation. According to a Fox news report, for every $100 contributed, only $16 ended up going to veterans and $84 was spent on operations expenses, such as salaries and marketing.

Seriously. This seems pretty stupid given recent events of massive government bailouts to save banks (cough…Keating…cough…5):

Republican presidential nominee John McCain sparked a furious exchange of campaign attacks Thursday night with the release of a television ad linking Democratic nominee Barack Obama to a former Fannie Mae chief who was forced out by an accounting scandal.

The ad accuses Obama of using Franklin Raines as an adviser, a claim based on a July Washington Post profile of Raines that reported he had ?taken calls from Barack Obama ?s presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage and housing policy matters.?